David Meister On Securing MSP AI (EP 1026)

I caught up with David Meister from Check Point live at Pax8 Beyond to dig into what they’ve really been building for MSPs the last few years. You probably know them from Avanan on the email side, but David walks me through how Check Point has pulled together Avanan, Perimeter 81, Cyberint, and the Lakera AI security acquisition into a single, multi‑tenant MSP platform with consumption‑based billing, no minimums, and no lock‑ins.

=== Chapters

• 00:19 MSP AI Security Launch
• 02:03 Expanding Check Point’s MSP Program
• 06:09 Securing AI Agents and MCP
• 09:22 Unified MSP Workspace Bundles
• 12:00 Utah Adventures With Partners
• 14:15 Gandalf AI Hackathon
• 18:44 Booth Swag and Closing Notes

=== Guest: David Meister, Check Point Software

• Company: https://www.checkpoint.com
• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/davemeister1/

=== Shout-outs

• Matt Lee: https://www.linkedin.com/in/cybermattlee/

=== Companies / Vendors / Products / Events / Places

• Pax8: https://www.pax8.com
• Pax8 Beyond (event): https://www.pax8.com/en-us/events/beyond
• Check Point Software Technologies: https://www.checkpoint.com
• Avanan: https://www.avanan.com
• Perimeter 81: https://www.perimeter81.com
• Cyberint: https://www.cyberint.com
• Lakera (Checkpoint AI Security): https://www.lakera.ai
• Microsoft 365: https://www.microsoft.com/microsoft-365
• Gandalf (Checkpoint AI hacking game): https://gandalf.lakera.ai/baseline

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